Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1862-07-03
gosaI and Cunntp Mews.

@THs GLoRrous FOURTH will be celebrated il
Emany localities throughout the county, ina spir'
|it.Frthy ofthe day itcommemorates,
H In LlrcHrIELD, Bantam Society, } as we hav.
aiready intimated, the citizens propose to- sele.
brate with grand PIG mic, in which the citizens
OF the SURF ounding villages and towns propose
to join. The picnic will be held in the Grove
south of the Episcopal Church, and in addition
y the feast of fat things" which 10 to be pre-,
serted feast of reason is not to be neglee-
ted. Rev Geo Richards, of this town, is ad.
yertised to deliver the Iteration =, and speeches
are expected from several other distinguished
local speakers clerical and lay. The people Of
Bantam intend to have good time, and have
made every preparation to carry cut their inten-
ton We learn also Of other pic-nics, ON O
smaller scale, to come off in the neighborhood
Of the Bantam Lake, including ride on the
new Steamboat An Of these, should the day b.
[propitious, will. undoubtedly prove delightful
and are, certainly very sensible way Of g eele
brating in the eouatry.da 7sE,g .s7sli5sl,I ~
Wehad hoped o;haxs been able to announce
in addition to the shove, something Of display
Of fireworks ON the hill, ON the evening of the
4th, but We fear we cannot promise much in this
line at the present writing. It's more than pos.
sible however, that our citizens may feel so pa.
triotically inclined as II 81. up something Of ~
lpnProntPta at4faeir. 5zs no oefoa8 4nib9aa :.
.4s-ssAs WlxsrEp the o sntfsmsn'' eslebrats 10
aftsrnood Of J s 81 1triala 81 hors, IS speed I'd
over thsis fns tretsias park;o Eirshpssas, 80
sseond, $50 third Sfa r4hs lsststs bs1sisort Of
swsepssskes aaaiftr There NJ Also u 81. fsot
race Ssrss s'shselbaffosw sraaes, $2'; sast race
81; vith sunday Other giinip.sties-o azsi i,
?. = In WooDBunr the people are also going to
engage in . mammoth Picnic, on the occasion
of the, 4h. The grounds chosen are those Of A.
Merriam, ESQ.,, where the honorsl of the day
will be celebrated in'a social and patriotic man.
ner. FheFprocession will move to the ground.
at II 4, A. TO be followed by the exercises al
ll:S0-during which an address, to be opened
in 1862, win Der read, signed and adopted. Pic
mic at II u. Exercises resumed at 2 P. NJ I, te
consist of short addresses upon the patriotic
themes of the day, from several resident towns
men, followed by gentlemen from abroad, among
whom We notice the names of Hon. Origen s.
Seymour, S. W. Kellogg, Esq, Rev. Georgs
Richards, E.. N. johnson, Gideon H. HOLSTER
Esq. Patriotic songs by q Quartette Club will
be introduced between the addresses. 500
After the conclusion of the exercises on the
grounds, the!day will wind up by a scrub race
on the common, a sack race, boring at target
climbing q creased pole, &c.. The whole to con.
clude with grand display of fireworks in the
evening. a5Es g!
In GOSHEN also they propose to celebrate with
pic mic, for particulars, of which, see adYer
tisment in another column. ~ his sh'a-u
ELSEWHERE, the 4th will be periodically
observed. At HARTFORD they have made pre-
paratiens for a grand celebration, including
balloon ascensionsions, races and fireworks. Al
BRIDGEPORT the day will be appropriately OBJ.
served, and the presence of the Governor and
his staff will add to the interest of the occasion
An excursion train on the Naugatuck Railroad
for the,latter place, leaves Litchfeld station al
ia A. NJ, returning at 5:17. Fare 81.