Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-20
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEVIS.

bilIty or 0Vef-suSpIeious pe0pl6 since our last. l The Rev. Geo. Richards, late pastor of the l Winter St, Church, Boston, has received and accepted an invitation from the Congregational Society in this village to supply their pulpit fer the ensuing year. He enters upon his office next Sunday.
 The following awards on Field Crops were declared by the County Agricultural Society at ktheir meeting last week:
 1st Premium Rye, 36 bushels, Lamont Street Goshen, 8.
 1 2d Premium Rye, B bushels, Lamont Street,
 Goshen, g..
 1 1st Premium Winter Wheat, bushels, Jacob A. Blakeslee, Litchfeld, $4. l 1st Premium Oats, 97 bushels, LcTi Coe, Litchfs!d, s.
 Cornwall.
 The church at North Cornwall will be illumin- ated on Christmas eve and an address by Rev. Chas Wetherby and other exercises appropriate to the occasion may be expected. We are glad to mention it, and wish that more of the Congregational churches through out the county would take measures to celebrate in appropriate manner this hallowed anniversary Falls Village.
 The excitement seems to run to "debating societies. in this village-where questions affec- ting the permanence and stability of the Union are discussed Full reports are given in the Housatonic Republican, which chronicles no other item of importance, except those taken from the ENQUIRER.
 1 MT. Geo. K. Peck announces a Christmas ball on the 26th, by which his new hall will be dedicated We learn that this is tho largest and most convenient hall for dancing in the county. Morris.
 Ladies' Fair and Festival is announced for Wednesday, 18th inst, in aid of funds to repair the Congregational Church.
 New Milford.
 The Honorable Mr. Hawkins, of Florida. whose name has lately emerged from it's natural obScarity in Congress, by refusing to serve on the Committee of thirty-thrse, spent the past summer with his family in New Milford, and rendered himself particularly conspicuous to the citizens of that place, by his loud prs-slavery sentiments expressed upon many ill-timed occa- sions, though the New Milford people were much too polite to give utterance to their disgust. He remarked publicly, we are informed, that :" Sew ard was a d-d traitor,' and that "he should like to shoot Lincoln through the heart" Such sentiments are very se, if not very polite, to be uttered here at the North-bat Nov Milford man speaking thus of Hawkins in Florida, would be very apt to be graced with feathers and tar if he did not grace the limb of tree in that free happy and chivalrous country.
 Plymouth.
 The Congregational Church and Society of Plymouth, have extended call to the Rev. Da- vid Peck, of Danbury, to become their pastor, who still holds the matter of acceptance under consideration.
 -The manufacturing interests of our town is somewhat effected by the Panic but southern Nullifers will not bring us down in moment by their loud words and bravado.
 Our people are satisfied to stand by the Re- publican platform and principles, and abide the result, be it what it may. - Sleighng is fine, and is finely enjoyed, though not as much as in Litchfeld and Water bury.
 WGGdbury,
 The lecture in the Down Town" educational course, before the Common Schools of Wood bury, which should have been delivered last Mon day evening, was postponed on account of the inclement weather. The next lecture in course will be delivered by T. M. Thompson, A. M, Principal of the Boys High School, next Mon- day evening, at ' o'clock. We regret to be obliged to call this interesting course of lectures the " Down Town" course, but are obliged to do so, beceusc we have been utterly unable to get any of tho able and learned gentlemen from Up Town" to come forward, and give us of their intellectual stores, though they have promised to do so for long time. We fully be- lieve they intend to fulfill the their promises in this regard at some future time, but delay "mak- eth the heart sick" There is scarcely any vir- tue uulOng men more cOl1HleuodDle aHu lHlpofG- ant than promptness in the fulfllment of en- agreements; and there is scarcely greater an- noyance to business man, or to the communi- ty, than a failure in this respect. But while ne fault is less excusable, none is so common. If literary mon, and all men would reflect upon this matter more, this crying evil would be great ly abated. The people of "Up Town" are gen era1y prompt to fulfil their engagements ;- " Down Ioacn' al,rays is. We expect the next lecture announced will be from !" Up Town" un- less there shall be another disappointment from that quarter.
 Winsted.
 l Things move on in this place about as usual, in spite of South Carolina though we have some :" graantes," who because the Constitution and Laws" party didn't elect, think that the universe has sprung a leak, and that the Cotton States
 are going to fly of from this planet and add
 themselves to the constellatisns of asteroids.
 The great trouble of those Boobies, however is that we that remain will have to stand still
 blubbering, grinnag and shivering, perfectly con.
 founded, at the crystalized ebony hue of s. C..
 as she goes home lo glory." But thank Heav-
 on, we don't aN think our property is worth three
 thousand dollars less now, than it was six months | oe ,,,. If o,,r ,,,,vor fan \ or hot