Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-06
LOCAL AND COUNTY NEVIS.
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} Ihankeg1v1ng day was duly anu aPPloPIissey observed by almost every household of cur people. Religious services were held in the Congregational and Episcopal Churches. Turkies are very much scarcer than they were last week hereabouts, and the solitary gobbler which we observed on Tuesday roasting on the Central Park fence in the snow .storm--sat " blooming alone"
 The ball at the Mansion House in the evening was great success, and the supper we are as sured by one who " assisted" at it was No. 1. and reflected great credit upon Mr. H. s. Spencer, the provider.
 The Superior Court met on Monday after noon after the weeks recess. Judge ELLSWORTH of the Supreme Court, present with Judge WAL DO, and the murder case fron, Bridgewater was taken up. We give report of this and other trials in another column.
 Winter seemed fairly to set in on Tuesday in an old fashioned snow-sterm, which gives us the first excellent sleighing this year.
 The time tables of the Naugatuck Railroad arc changed this week. Travellers take notice. Cornwall.
 Thanksgiving was very generally observed in this town with the usual amount of feasting and frolicking by old and young. A good congrega- ton gathered in the North Meeting House, and listened to an interesting discourse from their pastor, the Rev. c. Wetherby. His opening remarks were upon the various phases of char acter presented to us in the Bible, of the nation of the Jews, the historic part presenting the harsher and sterner feature, while the Psalms, Proverbs, and Songs of Solomon, clearly indi- cate that they were people full of good hu- nor, and given to song aud thanksgiving -quo- ting numerous passages by way of illustration So with our Puritan Fathers, with all their grave and digniied demeanor, there was an un- derliing current of generous wit and humor.
 In the application of the discourse, he en- the cultivation of noble and generous virtues, and a cheerful, gladsome observance of this annual Thanksgiving day.
 And in closing, he enumerated the causes for in the parish. The religious con- dition of the Church and people was cause of gratitude. Between 40 and 90 had been admit ted to the Church. Meetings for prayer and on the Sabbath had been well attended. Also, for social blessings, peace and harmony, that had fruitful seasons, and the general of the commuaity-For the spirit of enterprise, public and private, indicated in the purchase of a parsonage and lecture-room-The construction of an excellent and expensive piece of road -enlarging and improving the Cemetery-and setting out shade-troes by the public highways.
 The beautifying of our homes, and improve ment of our farms, was visible in every diree- ton.
 The application of mind in the improvements of the farm, with the aids of the natural scien- ces, were producing sure results in the success and prosperity of the agricultural community and raising the farmer to position of power and social condition, equal, if not superior, to that if any other calling ard nowhere was this more the case than in Connecticut.
 Harwint0n.
 The Rev. Mir. AcKinstry, pastor of the Con. greational Church of this place. selected for his text Thanksgiving day, the second and third yer. ses of the 103d Psalm, Bless the Lord o my soul, and forget not all his benefits; Who for giveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases
 He spoke of the many reasons we have for thankfulness for the many blessings bestowed upon us the past year. That although many had been removed from us by death, that no pre- vai'lng diseases had visited us, and as people we have great reason to bless the Lord for all the benefits bestowed upon us.
 He spoke of the danger we were in of forget. ting that it is from the Lord that We receive all these blessings. That it is him that healeth all our diseases; how few, he says, have returned thanks to him in this sacred house, when they have been healed from long and painful sick. ness. .
 That we have reason to bless the Lord as a State for all the benefits he has bestowed upon us. That he has so abundantly rewarded the labors of the husbandmen. That he has given success to our manufacturers, to our schools and seminaries of learning. As a nation, as having the best government of any nation on the globe
 Closing with a few remarks upon the political questions of the day, expressing strong belief that although we had just passed the eve of the most exciting election ever recorded, and that the whole country was in state of intense ex- citement, that the same Providence that had so long watched over us, and ever blessed us, would still guide us through dangers in time to como. Norfolk.
 = Thanksgiving day was celebrated with all the honors pertaining to the time-honored custom. Rev. Dr. Eldridge preached an excellent dis. course upon the times, and vividly drew the contrast of a country blessed with freedom, and one cursed with despotism. The many and stri. king points of similarity between the system of Slavery and an absolute despotism, were very plainly and forcibly exhibited, and the clergy man closed with an eloquent expression of thanksgiving for the benefits of the past, and unbounded trustfulness in the designs of God for the future of this land.
 At one " homestead" in Norfolk, we were aware of the gathering of twenty,seven kinsmen at the Thanksgiving festival.