Litchfield enquirer., 1865-09-07

H.W. Woodruff and Amos Hallock have put up Sorghum mill in the Az Helve Fac tory, and are ready to sweeten the stomachs and dispositions of all who will be so kind as to cane them.
 ~ The Hawkeyes are expecting good time generally next week. on the l2th aud 18th insts. 4 tournament the first day and pic nic, awarding of prizes. &c, the second A jolly good time to keep people in good health and good cheer and drive off bile and blues,
 = The Rev. Fl H. Murray will preach on Wednesday evening in the Congregational church.
 A family meeting of the descendants of John Sulth--kL ewn in the neighborhood in which he lived as Honest John, ,'--who settled in the town of Washington in the year l773, was held at the old homestead. now the resi- dence of Albert Smith, on Wednesday the l6th inst mira ..,{, ,a5 Early in the morning. the neighboring hills of old Judea' gave evidence in the appearance of an unusual number of Smiths. that some
 
 had assembled on the old homestead of Hon. est John nnety-six of his descendants, and some thirty visitors. A table located in the orchard back of the house gave most inviting testimony to the proficiency of the ladies of the family in at least one branch of housewifery. and the floral proiusion exhibited testified with an equally inviting conclusion to their cnltiva ted taste. ts5 t.F@ s-.iai. 1 At half past one the family took their places at the table. Frances H. Smith of Washing I ton, D. C.. as chairman for the.occa>ion occn pied the head supported on the right by An thony and on the left by Philo, as the eldest of the family living and present. The divine blessing was invoked by Rev. Augustus Smith. | Ample justice having been done to the good things provided, the cloth was removed and the chairman opened proceedings by giving the genealogy of the family tracing back the line age to the settlement of the town of Milford, in l64O, and to John Smith, as one of the original planters of that colony. He stated that the living descendants of Honest John now mum bered about two hundred and were residents of eight different states and the District of Co lumba.
 Song of Welcome,' composed for the occa- sion by Mrs. Major Walter Burnham, of New Preston, was sung to the tune of Hume Again. A poetical welcome was also contributed by Mrs. John s. Gum, of New Preston.
 Toasts were then given and responded to as follows:
 l--Om Family Meeting Rev. Augustus Smith, of Washington.
 | 2-Anthony, Susan. Rhilo The three re- maining links that connect us with genera tion almost past may their declinng years be as peaceful and happy as their lives have been useful ard honorable. Music.
 3-7he Occupation of our Pfogenitor-Ali honor to the farmers of the family. Seth Hol-
 lister of Woodbury.
 | 4-Ihe Old Homestead. Music, | 5-Ihe A'tisans ote tue Fanaily. Ralph Smith of East Hampton, Mass. .. ! 6-Our Inheritance. A Christian fathers 1 blessing an unsullied reputation character { for honesty and virtue good name is rather l to be chosen than great riches s. s. Bald, win, of Washington.
 Ihe Old Family Tree. Its nat ural branch es. Eli s. Smith of Birmingham. The Natural Branches Grafied into other Stock. Responded to poetically by John Smith Gum, of New Preston. | g .Scions from other Stocks Grafied M. Je- rome Kinney, of Washington.
 10 Our Representatives in the Union Army. The rebels have felt their bullet, we wait the report of the Gum. Oliver Gum, of Parkers- burg, West Virginia. The family did not separate until the sun was ! far down in the west, and then with a unani nous resolve to celebrate the centennial of the settlement of the old homestead in the summer l of la73. by meeting of every member then | living.